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Write-a-Thon 2023
I pledged to write 50 short story drafts in six weeks, at at least 1000 words each. After writing a few under-1000, I decided to count those as 1/3. Sometimes a story has a length and I didn’t want to Read more
Writing
What I’d Do Differently Pitching My First Novel
Blog topic suggested by Maura Yzmore First, I would not read any books or blog posts about how to write a query letter. I would not fill out worksheets that required me to think of my story as having only Read more
Writing
My Favorite Writing Craft Advice
Blog topic suggested by Maura Yzmore I have never enjoyed writing craft books. There is perhaps something wrong with me. Or I’m just too opinionated. But I have treasured and memorized some jewels from my mentors. Here they are, with Read more
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Write-a-Thon 2023
Clarion is not running a write-a-thon this year, which made me panic, because I had been for the past two years promising to return to my 50-stories goal and failing to because I had a novel on deadline. (Good problem Read more
Life
InConJunction
This year, for the first time, a convention I hadn’t been to INVITED ME TO COME. And after I said yes, asked if I was okay being a SPECIAL GUEST. This is… amazing. Stuff I never thought would happen! They Read more
Writing
Cheaper to Replace
In 2001, I saw the movie “AI” which was about a robot that was designed to fall in love with a human. The little robot boy bonds to his “mother” and then goes on an adventure which includes a magnificent Read more
Blathering
The Secret to Happiness We All Vehemently Avoid
I am oddly proud of this click-bait-y headline, but I won’t bury the lede: It’s chores. Wait, wait, here me out! This is something I have stringently tested, a hypothesis I wanted to prove wrong, desperately, so I have done Read more